The Making of Donald Trump

Alternate Title: The Faking of Donald Trump If you think Trump is "all bark and no bite" then PLEASE read this. Deeply unsettling, the facts and history laid out by David Cay Johnston evince the long history of a shady, greedy, and relentlessly sociopathic media mogul and his rise to power. From half-baked schemes, to false identities this book reads like a grou. "Full of good detail, with sources noted" according to Amazon Customer. This is the one I was waiting for! There’s no flashing lights here, no cartoon versions of real people, no wallowing in moral outrage. Instead, it’s got all the facts you need to explain to your pro-Trump friends (or that weird uncle at Thanksgiving- lol!) EXACTLY what’s in Trump’s record: and t. upstate bill said A journey into the heart of darkness that is Donald Trump. This is a relentlessly factual journey into the heart of darkness. The author knows his subject. better than Trump himself.Trump has built a wall between himself and truth and decency. A must read. for anyon etrying to get a handle on this election

Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man who would be president.. Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, New York, would become an entirely new and complex breed of public figure. Love him or hate him, Trump's massive influence is undeniable, and figures as diverse as Woody Guthrie (who wrote a scathing song about Trump's father) and Red Scare prosecutor Roy Cohn, mob bosses and high rollers, as well as the average American voter, have all been pulled into his orbit. The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence. Yet, his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy. From the origins of his family's real estate fortune to his own too-big-to-fail business empire; from his education and early career to his whirlwind presidential bid, The Making of Donald Trump provides the fullest picture yet of Trump's extrao